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ARRESTS IN THIS CASE. NEW TONIGHT, K.U. IS RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF BASKETBALL RECRUITING VIOLATIONS BY THE NCAA. >> KU SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS ARE NOT BASED ON FACT. LEN JENNINGS BREAKS IT DOWN FO US. >> THE NCAA ISSUED ITS NOTICE OF ALLEGATIONS LAST SEPTEMBER. IT’S BEEN AMENDED A COUPLE TIMES, BUT TONIGHT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THE UNIVERSITY KANSAS TO RESPOND. K.U. FACES 8 ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPER RECRUITING, 5 AGAINST THE BASKETBALL TEAM WHICH ARE THE MOST SEVERE, LEVEL 1. THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM FACES THREE ALLEGATIONS. THIS ALL STEMS FROM FEDERAL COURT TESTIMONY IN A CASE INVOLVING ADIDAS REPRESENTATIVES FOUND GUILTY OF PAYING PLAYERS TO PLAY AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS. IN ITS RESPONSE, THE UNIVERSITY ASSERTS, THE EVIDENCE HOWEVER, BASED MAINLY ON TRIAL TESTIMONY, FAILS UTTERLY TO SUPPORT A CONCLUSION THAT ADIDAS OR AN ADIDAS EMPLOYEES ACTED AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY DURING THE PERIOD IN QUES

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KU responds to NCAA's notice of allegations

Notice included eight allegations, including five against men's basketball program

The University of Kansas responded Thursday to the NCAA's notice of allegations, saying the allegations are "simply unsupported by the evidence."The NCAA issued its notice to KU in September. The allegations stem from the college basketball bribery scandal that led to the prosecution of several former Adidas employees. The notice included eight allegations, including five against the men's basketball program and three against the football program.In its response, the university asserted that "the evidence however, based mainly on trial testimony, fails utterly to support a conclusion that Adidas or any Adidas employees acted as representatives of the university during the period in question."KU said that head coach Bill Self "had no knowledge of any NCAA rules violations or illicit conduct exhibited by Adidas, its employees or its consultants."The university said it strongly disagreed that it failed to monitor the men's basketball program. "The enforcement staff's allegations and conclusions regarding the university's compliance program are misguided," KU said in its response.Regarding the football allegations, the university said that those allegations were discovered and self-reported and the university accepted responsibility for the violations.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

The University of Kansas responded Thursday to the NCAA's notice of allegations, saying the allegations are "simply unsupported by the evidence."

The NCAA issued its notice to KU in September. The allegations stem from the college basketball bribery scandal that led to the prosecution of several former Adidas employees.

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The notice included eight allegations, including five against the men's basketball program and three against the football program.

In its response, the university asserted that "the evidence however, based mainly on trial testimony, fails utterly to support a conclusion that Adidas or any Adidas employees acted as representatives of the university during the period in question."

KU said that head coach Bill Self "had no knowledge of any NCAA rules violations or illicit conduct exhibited by Adidas, its employees or its consultants."

The university said it strongly disagreed that it failed to monitor the men's basketball program.

"The enforcement staff's allegations and conclusions regarding the university's compliance program are misguided," KU said in its response.

Regarding the football allegations, the university said that those allegations were discovered and self-reported and the university accepted responsibility for the violations.